backside
/ˈbækˌsaɪd/
backside noun: the back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly.
Noun
backside (plural backsides)
- The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly
- I gazed uncomprehendedly at the unfinished backside of the wall of the next room and wondered what had happened to my face.1987 June 17, Vic Bubbett, “Rambling Reflections: When a ‘red telephone call’ comes in, it can change one’s life forever and ever”, in The Dothan Progress, volume 16, number 48, Dothan, Ala., →OCLC...
- The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
- The building's backside faced an alley and was covered in grime and graffiti.
- Synonyms:
- backhouse
- A person's buttocks.
- Having ridden the horse all day for the first time, I had painful blisters on my backside.
- With an arrowe so broad, He shott him into the backe-syde.c. 1500, Robin Hood, Bk. ii, Ch. iv, p. 236
- Synonyms:
- rear
- The back side of a page: a verso.
- Synonyms:
- verso
- The reverse or opposite of anything.
- ...to endorse him on the backside of posterity, not a golden, but a brazen Asse...1645, John Milton, Colasterion, page 26
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
Adjective
backside (not comparable)
- Approaching an obstacle backward.
backside meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
backside in Hindi
- back side of something
- पिछवाड़ा pichvāṛā
- buttocks
- नितंब nitamb, कूल्हा kūlhā
backside in Tamil
- பின் பக்கம், விலங்கின் பிற்பகுதி
backside in Marathi
- back side of something
- मागील बाजू māgīl bājū, पृष्ठभाग pŕṣṭhabhāg, पार्श्वभाग pārśvabhāg, मागची बाजू māgcī bājū
backside in Urdu
- عقب, پچھواڑا, پیچھا
More languagesFewer languages
- backside in Bengali
- পেছনের অংশ
- backside in Telugu
- వెనుకవైపు, వెనకవైపు
- backside in Malayalam
- പുറം puṟaṁ
- backside in Kannada
- ಪೆರಗು, ಹೆರಗು, ಪೆರಗೆ, ಹೆರಗೆ
- backside in Punjabi
- ਪੁੱਠ puṭṭha
- backside in Assamese
- পিছফাল pisphal
- backside in Nepali
- पछाडिको
Examples of backside in a sentence
- Good backside throw leads to good hip speed which leads to good bat speed.
- There's no second operation on these parts. The backside features are all back-counterbores and back-spotfaces.
- There's no second operation on these parts. The backside features are all back-counterbores and back-countersinks.
Synonyms of backside
Antonyms
Forms of backside
| plural | backsides |
|---|---|
| alternative form | back-side |
| alternative form | back side |
Origin of backside
From back + side.
Words formed from backside
- backside throw
- get off one's backside
- have a sixpenny bit up one's backside
- have a sixpenny bit up one’s backside
- kick up the backside
- my backside
- pain in the backside
- sit on one's backside
- think the sun shines out of someone's backside
Phrases with backside
- kicks up the backside
- pains in the backside
- got off one's backside
- gets off one's backside
- gotten off one's backside
- getting off one's backside
- had a sixpenny bit up one's backside
- has a sixpenny bit up one's backside
- having a sixpenny bit up one's backside
- thinks the sun shines out of someone's backside
- thought the sun shone out of someone's backside
- thought the sun shined out of someone's backside
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Questions about backside
- What does backside mean?
- Backside means the back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly.
- What is backside in Hindi?
- Backside in Hindi is पिछवाड़ा (pichvāṛā), नितंब (nitamb), कूल्हा (kūlhā). See Backside meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is backside?
- Backside can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce backside?
- Backside is pronounced /ˈbækˌsaɪd/.
- What is the plural of backside?
- The plural of backside is backsides.
Words near backside in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: backside (page history and authors); backside (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); backside (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); backside (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); backside (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); പുറം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); backside (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪੁੱਠ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); backside (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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